Automatic slicing machine



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INV ENTOR Manuel Lamas TTORNEY i swag Patented Apr. 22, 1930 UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE MANUEL LEMOS, OF CALDWELL, NEW JERSEY AUTOMATIC SLICIN G MACHINE Application filed February 28, 1928. Serial No. 257,714.

This invention relates to a new and useful member 10. The block member 17 is secured device in the nature of an automatic slicing co-axially to the underside of the base. memmachine especially adapted for the purpose ber 10, and has formed therein an opening of slicing meat, vegetables or the like in slices adapted to also receive the pin 15 as a means of uniform thickness. of providing suitable support for the said 55 The object of the invention is to provide an pin. automatic slicing machine embodying a A plurality of supports 18 are secured at means of slicing a number of different kinds or near the periphery of the base member 10, or varieties of meats, vegetables or the like and are extended vertically therefrom. En-

which is accomplished by a minor adjustclosing members 19, suitably formed or bent 60 ment of my improved machine. and a apted to enclose the space intermedi- A further object of the invention is the ate the base member 10, and the ring member provision of a machine of the class described 20, are secured to the said support 18. The of simple and novel construction, positive in ring member 20, or guard is of ring shape operation and comparatively cheap to manuconstruction, and is positioned directly at 05 facture, the periphery of the table 14 as a means of Fig. 1 is a top plan view of my improved providing a suitable guard for the said machine. table.

Fig. 2 is a side elevational view thereof. A plurality of supports 21 are secured to Fig. 3 is a front elevational View thereof. the ring member 20 and are extended verti- '10 Fig. 4 is a transverse, sectional, view taken cally therefrom, and have secured thereto the on the line 44 of Fig. 1. ring member 22 of a frame provided with Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional view taken horizontally disposed cross supports 23. The on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4. covers 24 are adapted to enclose or cover the Fig. 6 is an enlarged fra mentary sectional uppersid'e or top of the said frame, and are 7 view taken on the line 6% of Fig. 4. hinged as at 25' to the cross supports 23', and

Fig. 7 is an enlarged fragmentary detail have secured thereto and" extended therefrom plan View seen looking as indicated by line knobs 26 or handles, provided for the pur- 77 in Fig. 6. pose of opening the said covers as a means Fig. 8 is a vertical sectional detail view of of affording access to the said table. so one of the food clamps, taken on the line The hand wheel 27 is secured to the ex- S8 of Fig. 4. tended extremity of the shaft 4 9* rotatively As here embodied my improved slicing mamounted in the box like construction 13, and chine comprises a base member 10., of circuhas secured thereto, a bevel. pinion 30', adaptlar disc shape construction, horizontally dised to mesh with a bevel pinion 31 secured to posed and having securedthereto, and downthe shaft 32, rotativcly mounted in the base wardly extendedtherefrom legs 11 ',co-acting member 10 and in the cross support 33 sewith the legs 12, secured to and extended cured to the box like construction 13. The downwardly from the box like construction link 34 is pivotally secured to the pin 35,

13 secured to the underside of the base memmounted on the extended extremity of the 9 her 10, as a means of supporting my imlever 36, secured to and extended from the proved machine. The table 14 of circular upper extremity of the said shaft 82. The disc shape construction, is co-axially secured link 34 is pivotally secured to the pin 37, to the extended extremity of the pin 15, rotamounted on the clamp member 38" which is tively mounted co-axially in the base memprovided with lug elements 3 9 and, 40, verber. The pin 15 is provided with lower portically extended therefrom, as a means of tion 16, of somewhat smaller transverse secproviding an opening or slot adapted to retion, so as to provide an intermediate shoulceive the band 41' of ring shape construction, der adapted to support the said table inv an secured to the underside of the table 14. The

extended position somewhat above the base threaded member 42', as'et screw or the like, is

inafter set forth. "sitioning of the clamp member will permit threadedly mounted in the lug element 40 of the said clamp member, and is adapted to engage in any desired one of the apertures 43, formed in the band 41, as a means of operatively connecting the link 34 to the said table 14. The apertures 43 are spaced at approximately 45, eight of the said apertures being provided. The hand wheel 27 is provided with a handle 28 positioned at or near the periphery of the said hand wheeland horizontally extended therefrom and provided for the purpose of rotating or turning the said hand wheel.

The latter described construction is such as will permit the hand wheel when rotated, as above set forth to oscillate the said table one-eighth of a turn or approximately through an arc of 45, for the purpose as here- It is obvious that the pothe table to be oscillated, as above set forth, in various positions. The cutter wheel 44 is provided with a cutting edge 45, at the periphery thereof. The cutter Wheel is connected with the armature shaft 46, of an electric motor 47, of ordinary construction, operatively connected by means of the elec tric wires 48 and 49 to a convenient suitable source of electric current as a means of rotating the said cutter wheel. The motor 47 is mounted on the support 50, secured to and extended vertically from the receiving table 51, secured to and extended horizontally from the box like construction 13.

The screw members 52 are rotatively mounted in the lug elements 53 and 54 of the table 14, extended from the underside of the said table and have secured thereto at their outer extended extremities ratchet wheels 55. The levers 56 are rotatively mounted on the screw members 52 and extended downwardly therefrom, and have pivotally attached intermediately thereto, ratchet pawls 57 held in engagement with the teeth of the ratchet wheel by means of the tension springs 58,

secured to the said ratchet pawls and to the guard 20.

The lever 86 is pivotally attached,.at one extremity as at 87 to the base member 10.

The pin 88 is secured to the free extremity of the leaf spring 89 secured to the free extremity of the lever 86. The lower pointed extremity 90 of the pin 88 is normally held in engagement with any desired one of the notches 91 formed in the base member 10, and

radially positioned thereon. The latch 92 is hinged as at 93 intermediately to the lever 86. The pin 94 is secured to and extended upwar-dly from the lever 86 as a means of preventing the hinging of the spring urged latch 92 to the right, relative to the lever 86. The lever 86 is provided with an upwardly extended free extremity 95 or handle element. The above described construction is such as will permit the extended extremities of the levers 56 to engage or strike the latch 92, upon a portion of the return stroke of the oscillation of the table as a means of partially rotating the screw members 52, for the purpose of advancing the supports 59, as a means of feeding the articles placed on the said supports towards the cutter wheel, which will permit the cutter wheel to cutor slice the said articles and the amount of feed may be adjusted by a change in the position of the pin in the notches 91. The above described construction is such as will permit the extended extremities of the levers to strike or engage the said latch upon forward turning of the table to a new adjusted position for locating a different food clamp of the table to be coactable with the cutting knife, so as to hinge the said latch to one side, as at 96 for the purpose of permitting the said lever to freely or unrestrictedly pass and assume a position to the front of the latch. The supports 59 are adapted to slidably engage on the upper surface of the table 14, and are provided with lug elements 66, extended downwardly therefrom through elongated radial openings 61 formed in the table 14. The lug elements have formed therein threaded apertures adapted to receive the screw members 52. The clamp member 62 is hinged as at 63, to the bracket 64, slidably mounted on the upright rod 65 secured at its lower extremity to one end of the support 59.

The clamp member 62 has formed therein an aperture 71 adapted to receive the expansion spring 72, positioned therein at the rear of or behind the catch 73 slidably mounted in the aperture 71, as a means of holding the extremity 74 of the said catch in an extended position. The limiting latch 7 5 is secured to the clamp member 62, as a means of holding the catch 73 in an extended position in the said clamp member. The above described construction is such as will permit the extended extremity of the catch to engage in any desired one of the notches 76 formed in the upright rod 65, when the said clamp member is positioned horizontally from the upright rod 65, for the purpose as hereinafter set forth. The handles 66 are hinged as at 67, to the clamp members 62 and are secured as at 68 to the catch 69 by a pin, secured to and extended from the catch 69 slidably mounted in an aperture formed in the free extremities of the clamp members 62, engaging in elongated openings 77 formed in the handles 66. The expansion springs 78 are positioned in the apertures 70, at the rear of the catch 69, as a means of normally holding the extremity 79 of the catch in an extended position, and in engagement with the thread 80 formed on the periphery of the rod 81 rotatively mounted in the tubular member 82 secured to the support 59 and upwardly extended therefrom. The rod 81 has secured thereto at its upper extremity a crank 83 or box like construction 13.

handle for the purpose of rotating the said rod. The supports 59 have secured thereto and extended therefrom engaging members 84, pins, nails or the like, similar engaging members are secured to the underside of the clamp member 62 and are extended therefrom. The above described construction is such as will permit the meat, vegetables, or the like to be sliced when placed on the supports 59 to be securely held in position thereon by the clamp members 62 when positioned approximately horizontally thereto. The said engaging members 84 and 85 securely engaging the article to be siiced, by means of turning or rotating the crank 83.

It is obvious from the foregoing construction that the table may be oscillated, as above set forth, and that the cutter wheel may be rotated, as also above set forth, and that the levers 56 will feed the articles secured to the supports forward toward the cutter wheel permitting the said wheel to cut or slice the said article.

The bracket is secured as at 101 to the The threaded members 102 and 103 are threadcdly mounted in the extended elements of the bracket 100 and are adapted to frictionally engage the hand wheel 27 and the table 14 respectively, as a :1 means of locking the table against oscillation.

In operation of the device, food for slicing is fastened Within each of the food clamps, as for example ham may be fastened in one of the food clamps, other meats in the other clamps, and also vegetables may be fastened within certain of the clamps. As the handle 28 is operated, the food table will be oscillated, and the food clamp directly in front of the cutting knife 44 as seen in Fig. 1 will be periodically advanced by reason of its lever 56 striking the latch 92. The food held by this specific clamp will be sliced due to the table oscillating for moving the food against the knife. The screw 42 may be loosened and the table moved for positioning a different food clamp directly in front of the cutting knife 44, and then the screw may be reengaged into one of the apertures 43.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent is 1. In an automatic slicing machine, a table rotatively mounted and arranged with a plurality of food clamps, a band attached on the underside thereof, and formed with a plurality of apertures, a clamp slidably mounted on the band and arranged for being fastened in various fixed positions as determined by the spacing of the said apertures, a link pivotally connected with the clamp and arranged for reciprocating for oscillating the table, a cutting knife rotatively mounted in a fixed position relative to the table, and arranged for slicing the food held in one of the said food clamps, and the said clamp may be moved to a different position on the band for changing the position of the table relative to the said knife for placing a different food clamp in operative position in front of the knife.

2. In an automatic slicing machine, a table rotatively mounted and arranged with a plurality of food clamps, a band attached on the underside thereof and formed with a plurality of apertures, a clamp slidably mounted on the band and arranged for being fastened in various fixed positions as determined by the spacing of the said apertures, a set screw being used for accomplishing the said fastening, a link pivotally connected with the clamp and arranged for reciprocating for oscillating the table, a cutting knife rotatively mounted in a fixed position, relative to the table, and arranged for slicing the food held in one of the said food clamps, and the said clamp may be moved to a different position on the band for changing the position of the table relative to the said knife for placing a different food clamp in operative position in front of the knife.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature.

MANUEL LEMOS. 

